Frontal white matter reductions in healthy males with complex stereotypies.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autopsy studies in Rasmussen encephalitis reveal areas of sparing within the affected hemisphere. Clinical progression and inflammation are milder with an older onset. We sought to demonstrate radiological corroboration for these patterns. METHODS:In our retrospective study, 38 cases were dichotomized into ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Benjamin RN,Thomas M,Muthusamy K,Yoganathan S,Mathew V,Chacko AG,Prabhu K,Chacko G

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial diseases comprise a group of complex and heterogeneous genetic disorders. Variable clinical features present a major challenge in pediatric diagnoses. From January 1984-June 2009, 69 patients were diagnosed with either syndromic mitochondrial diseases or nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases. Clinical mani...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chi CS,Lee HF,Tsai CR,Lee HJ,Chen LH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used in high-risk infants to assess the myelination process and its relationship with neurologic outcome. The time period when delayed myelination is best detected by MRI was also studied. MRI was performed in 39 high-risk infants (i.e., preterm infants, infants with respiratory di...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Fujii Y,Konishi Y,Kuriyama M,Maeda M,Saito M,Ishii Y,Sudo M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic oral VP-16 (etoposide) is a chemotherapy regimen with a wide application in oncology and documented efficacy against germ cell tumors, lymphomas, Kaposi's sarcoma, and primary brain tumors. This study was performed to assess the toxicity and activity of chronic oral etoposide in the management of children with...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chamberlain MC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting cerebral glucose metabolism was assessed by 18[F]-fluorodeoxyglucose in 11 Down syndrome patients. Standardized uptake values were determined on a pixel-by-pixel basis from the measured tissue-activity data. The results revealed a mean overall 18[F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the Down syndrome patients close...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lengyel Z,Balogh E,Emri M,Szikszai E,Kollár J,Sikula J,Esik O,Trón L,Oláh E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newborns with congenital heart disease have associated brain damage that affects short-and long-term neurodevelopment. Several neuronal biomarkers exist that could predict brain damage. We investigated the pattern of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and s100B levels after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in neona...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Trakas E,Domnina Y,Panigrahy A,Baust T,Callahan PM,Morell VO,Munoz R,Bell MJ,Sanchez-de-Toledo J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the study was to assess the long-term seizure and neuropsychologic outcomes of patients with tuberous sclerosis and refractory epilepsy who received vagus nerve stimulator implantation. Eleven patients with a follow-up period of at least 12 months were studied retrospectively. The mean age at the time of i...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zamponi N,Petrelli C,Passamonti C,Moavero R,Curatolo P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the expression of some neurotrophic factors (brain-derived neurotrophic factor, glial-derived neurotrophic factor, and nerve growth factor) in the cerebrospinal fluid of infants suffering from idiopathic congenital central hypoventilation syndrome and determines their correlations with this syn...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chiaretti A,Zorzi G,Di Rocco C,Genovese O,Antonelli A,Piastra M,Polidori G,Aloe L

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the utility of rectal diazepam gel in the home management of prolonged or repetitive seizures in children. Thirty-eight children being prescribed rectal diazepam gel by their clinician were prospectively recruited. Seizures, rectal diazepam use, emergency department visits, and quality of life data...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： O'Dell C,Shinnar S,Ballaban-Gil KR,Hornick M,Sigalova M,Kang H,Moshé SL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to define the risk ratios of the late-infancy magnetic resonance imaging pattern for long-term outcome in term infants with perinatal asphyxia. We evaluated 65 term infants with perinatal asphyxia and performed magnetic resonance imaging examinations between 4-12 months of age. Magnetic reson...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tekgul H,Serdaroglu G,Yalman O,Tutuncuoglu S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinically mild encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is the second commonest cause of encephalopathy. Several pathogens have been detected in patients with MERS type 2, such as influenza A and B, but little is known about the proportion of cases of MERS type 2 with this pathogenesis. Human...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sano F,Fukao T,Tamaru K,Kanemura H,Inukai T,Aihara M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ATP1A3 mutations have now been recognized in infants and children presenting with a diverse group of neurological phenotypes, including Rapid-onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism (RDP), Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC), and most recently, Cerebellar ataxia, Areflexia, Pes cavus, Optic atrophy, and Sensorineu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sweney MT,Newcomb TM,Swoboda KJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sturge-Weber syndrome is a neurocutaneous disorder associated with epilepsy, glaucoma, cognitive impairments, and a port-wine birthmark. Although individuals with Sturge-Weber syndrome are vulnerable to known risk factors for suicide, including chronic illness and physical differences (port-wine birthmark), ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sebold AJ,Ahmed AS,Ryan TC,Cohen BA,Jampel HD,Suskauer SJ,Zabel TA,Comi AM,Rybczynski S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assumption of the vertical position and independent walking are potentially hazardous motor milestones in the developing infant. It has been presumed that the parachute reactions evolved to protect infants from injury during this developmental stage. To determine the relationship between the appearance of the upper an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jaffe M,Kugelman A,Tirosh E,Cohen A,Tal Y

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many investigators have identified localized cortical involvement in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) by clinical and electrophysiologic criteria. Some investigators have reported such abnormalities in the posterior cerebrum early in the course of the disease, but without radiologic correlation. Recently, ma...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Geller TJ,Vern BA,Sarwar M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporadic nonsyndromic cerebellar hypoplasia is a radiological diagnosis with clinical features and a relation with developmental disability that are presently not known. Through a retrospective review of a comprehensive standardized computerized database containing more than 2,500 patients examined consecutively by a ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Shevell MI,Majnemer A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients who undergo metabolic decompensation from urea cycle disorders, cerebrospinal fluid glutamine level may be a better marker of cerebral dysfunction than blood ammonia or glutamine levels. However, obtaining cerebrospinal fluid by lumbar puncture carries risk in these acutely ill patients with cerebral edema...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kojic J,Robertson PL,Quint DJ,Martin DM,Pang Y,Sundgren PC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstetrical brachial plexus palsy, one of the most complex peripheral nerve injuries, presents as an injury during the neonatal period. The majority of the children recover with either no deficit or a minor functional deficit, but it is almost certain that some will not regain adequate limb function. These few cases m...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Psychogiou K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old boy with severe growth retardation, mild mental retardation, and hypospadia had a high serum CK level without muscle weakness and atrophy. Muscle biopsy revealed a moderate variation in fiber size with a few necrotic and scattered regenerating fibers. Although muscle membranes were clearly stained by immu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nagai T,Tuchiya Y,Maruyama A,Sakuta R,Nonaka I

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal cerebral infarction is a relatively common cause of neonatal seizures, with an incidence of at least 1:4000 live births and is associated with a high incidence of neurological sequelae. However, the pathophysiological mechanisms and predisposing factors responsible for neonatal infarction are not fu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kanda K,Sato A,Abe D,Nishijima S,Ishigami T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the outcomes of 28 children who had severe head injuries between 13-18 years of age. All were unconscious at least 24 hours and have been followed at least 2 years after injury. At present, their ages range from 18 to 27 years. Their educational achievements, social activities, marital status, fu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kriel RL,Krach LE,Bergland MM,Panser LA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a unique patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) presenting optic atrophy, cardiomyopathy, and bilateral striatal necrosis before stoke-like episodes became apparent. Skeletal muscle total mitochondrial DNA analysis identified a heteroplasmic ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sakuta R,Honzawa S,Murakami N,Goto Y,Nagai T

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a female who was diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis at 4 years of age with life-threatening intracranial bleeding. The patient's serum was positive for c-antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies, and histologic analysis of the lung biopsy revealed evidence of granulomatous vasculitis. Initial treatment w...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Haas JP,Metzler M,Ruder H,Waldherr R,Böswald M,Rupprecht T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical rhythmic electroencephalogram (EEG) discharge is an uncommon rhythmic EEG pattern that has been reported to occur in adults. It is thought to be a nonspecific finding with little clinical significance. This article reports this EEG pattern in two children and suggests it be called subclinical rhythmic EEG ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nagarajan L,Gregory PB,Hewitt IK,Gubbay SS,Parry TS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes an 8-month-old boy with the full clinical spectrum anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis. He was admitted to the hospital with involuntary orofacial head movements, behavioral changes, and fluctuation in consciousness. His examination showed tongue thrusting, decreased responsiveness, ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Cantarín-Extremera V,Duat-Rodríguez A,González-Gutiérrez-Solana L,López-Marín L,Armangue T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a fetal intracerebral hemorrhage associated with familial thrombophilia. Intraventricular and intraparenchymal hemorrhage of the left cerebral hemisphere was diagnosed at 22 weeks of gestation. Neuropathologic examination demonstrated a large germinal zone hemorrhage and ischemic changes secondary to bleed...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Crespin M,Alhenc-Gelas M,Grangé G,Fallet-Bianco C,Fontenay M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carpal tunnel syndrome, although rare, is known to occur in children mainly because of genetic or metabolic disorders. The clinical findings are variable and include symptoms of burning pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness or atrophy in the hands of the patients. It is usually diagnosed by demonstration of prolonged...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Unal O,Ozçakar L,Cetin A,Kaymak B

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The historic and current status of Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome diagnosis, classification, and therapies are discussed. A number of symptomatic therapies are available and should be used optimally for each patient. Although one gene locus has been identified, many patients do not manifest linkage to the NBIA1 locus (ne...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Swaiman KF

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick type C disease is an autosomal-recessive, inherited neurovisceral lipid storage disorder. This disease results from either protein NPC1 or HE1 deficiency, which leads to cholesterol metabolism disturbance and is characterized by early hepatosplenomegaly and progressive ataxia, dystonia, cataplexy, dysarth...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Triantafyllou P,Gombakis NP,Vargiami E,Tsantali C,Michelakaki E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylphenidate (MPH) effects on global and complex measures of electroencephalography were examined in boys with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder between the ages of 9 and 11 years. Electroencephalogram (EEG) data were collected separately from the administration of a continuous performance task and were eval...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lubar JF,White JN Jr,Swartwood MO,Swartwood JN

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00